Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/02
By Christie Chen
Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Taiwan implemented a slew of new measures on Jan. 1, including
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higher monthly and hourly minimum wages and an expanded ban on plastic bags.
●Labor:
The monthly minimum wage for workers covered under the Labor Standards Act has been increased from NT$21,009 (US$711) to NT$22,000, while the hourly minimum wage has been raised from NT$133 to NT$140.
Employers are required to provide personal beds and cooking facilities for migrant fishermen who live on fishing boats, which now must be equipped with life-saving and fire-fighting equipment.
The Ministry of Labor has introduced an online system, the Foreign Worker Employer Transfer Query system, to provide information in English, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese to foreign workers about transferring their employment contracts.
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